Well, I can understand getting rid of Al and Belinelli. I know we've been trying to get rid of Al's bloated contract. And with Azubuike returning, it seems the front office has no faith in Belinelli being their backup man at the 2 guard.

If this trade happens, I'd wet my pants. I like Wright, but he's still unproven. Getting Smith would be sick.

xbay wrote:If this trade happens, I'd wet my pants. I like Wright, but he's still unproven. Getting Smith would be sick.

yeah...and having a second unit of marcus williams, buike, mccants, randolph, and turiaf is pretty sick too.

yeah, our lineup would be a Beast. Hella Young and hella good. Big iff though... odds still happens real minimal.

hope luxury tax aaint a issue holding upI think management in general (not just our team, but the NBA as a whole) cant worry about luxury taxes, cuz you will make up for loss revenue if the talent is there and the show is good. IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL COME!

yeah well in order for atl to trade smith, it would have to be a sign n trade, so if they traded him at a $11 million/year salary average then itd be like harrington's 9-10 million plus belli and wright's 5 million combined. we absorb smiths 11 and mccants' 2-3 for a total of 14 while letting go of harrington's 9 and wright and belli combined 5 for a total of 14.

"the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War

E-Man wrote:yeah well in order for atl to trade smith, it would have to be a sign n trade, so if they traded him at a $11 million/year salary average then itd be like harrington's 9-10 million plus belli and wright's 5 million combined. we absorb smiths 11 and mccants' 2-3 for a total of 14 while letting go of harrington's 9 and wright and belli combined 5 for a total of 14.

Exactly, so there is no concern with luxury tax...........we would just sign a couple more minimum guys, and Cohan has his below luxury tax team, we have a full and bad ass roster.

Anyone think that we signed Morrow to let Marco go now? why else would we need Monta/S-Jax/Mags/Azu/Morrow and Marco?

E-Man wrote:yeah well in order for atl to trade smith, it would have to be a sign n trade, so if they traded him at a $11 million/year salary average then itd be like harrington's 9-10 million plus belli and wright's 5 million combined. we absorb smiths 11 and mccants' 2-3 for a total of 14 while letting go of harrington's 9 and wright and belli combined 5 for a total of 14.

Exactly, so there is no concern with luxury tax...........we would just sign a couple more minimum guys, and Cohan has his below luxury tax team, we have a full and bad ass roster.

Anyone think that we signed Morrow to let Marco go now? why else would we need Monta/S-Jax/Mags/Azu/Morrow and Marco?

i dont know if we did it specifically to let marco go...but it does make him expendable. i think we signed morrow cuz he showed this summer that he deserves a chance and we didnt want any other team to benefit from it if he turns out good. but like i said, it made marco expendable, especially as a trading piece/filler.

"the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War

E-Man wrote:yeah well in order for atl to trade smith, it would have to be a sign n trade, so if they traded him at a $11 million/year salary average then itd be like harrington's 9-10 million plus belli and wright's 5 million combined. we absorb smiths 11 and mccants' 2-3 for a total of 14 while letting go of harrington's 9 and wright and belli combined 5 for a total of 14.

Exactly, so there is no concern with luxury tax...........we would just sign a couple more minimum guys, and Cohan has his below luxury tax team, we have a full and bad ass roster.

Anyone think that we signed Morrow to let Marco go now? why else would we need Monta/S-Jax/Mags/Azu/Morrow and Marco?

Even without Smith, i like the direction the club is taking... like i dont wanna get the hopes up, but Smith would be phenominal... and with that said, here is what Mullin will say if he pulls the trade off:

I would like to take the time and thank Baron Davis. Without you, and opting out, none of this would have been possible. thanks again, enjoy your hometowns D-League team.